Adjective complement with noun phrase

• say: Von Rad said something profound, " Outside of God there's nothing to fear.

• have: The Bible, and Mel Gibson's film, show that someone outside the church had something very profound to say about Jesus.

Modifies a noun

• implication: The ability to exchange data with any computer system in the world has profound security implications.

• effect: The battle would have a profound effect on the rest of the war.

• deafness: In cases of severe to profound deafness, there may not be sufficient functioning hair cells for hearing aids to be effective.

• influence: English maritime law has had a profound influence on world trade law.

• impact: Socrates ' death had a profound impact upon Plato.

• sadness: And we share the profound sadness for the nearly three thousand lives lost.

Modifying Another Word

• potentially: The implications of buying medicines over the internet is potentially profound.

• equally: But another was to ensue, probably equally profound and far more pregnant with awful an!

• quite: The experience has a quite profound effect on me.

• yet: Andrew Murray states Biblical truths in a simple, yet profound way that cut through theological jargon.

• so: The issues involved are so profound they require rather more than a few minutes airtime.

Infinitive complement

• say: The Bible, and Mel Gibson's film, show that someone outside the church had something very profound to say about Jesus.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Using the Latin makes an ordinary word seem profound.

• become: Now with the advent of DVD, the story becomes more profound.

• have: Each home has 5 or 6 residents, most of whom have quite profound learning difficulties.

Preposition: in

• way: In fact, you are often profound in a way that surprises yourself.

Preposition: than

• anything: This is far more profound than anything that facile creation spiritualities have to offer.